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Past Iniatiatives
Fall 2024
U.S. HUD
We evaluated the effect of Section 108 Loan Guarantees on economic growth using a confidential dataset from HUD.
European Central Bank
We developed a trade nowcasting model using proprietary ECB data that significantly outperformed the ECB and UN’s current models.
MA Department of Economic Research
We continued our research with MADER, this time focusing on implementing AI sentiment analysis of public company 10-Ks and Google Trends data to better forecast unemployment
Massachusetts Department of Housing
We began the first part of our analysis of the outcomes of individuals on state/federal housing assistance to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs in MA.
World Bank: Social Protection and Labor Global Practice
Assessing the impact of Fomentar — an online employment portal rolled out to 500,000+ job-seekers in Argentina — on employment outcomes.
United States Census Bureau
Compiling a Commercial Business Listing (CBL) containing all commercial buildings in the United States to allow for a better understanding of the evolving commercial real estate market.
Chicago Public Schools
Using meta-analysis to understand the geographic distribution of past CPS projects, supplementing this with data visualizations and descriptive statistics to uncover any biases in project uptake.
Spring 2024
UN Development Programme
We evaluated the differences between the multidimensional poverty index and the economic vulnerability index.
Khazanah Research Institute
We analyzed climate finance flows to Malaysia and other upper-middle income countries.
MA Department of Economic Research
We continued our research from the previous semester, this time focusing on forecasting the unemployment rate in Massachusetts.
South African Treasury Department
We helped determine how the extent to which South Africa’s 2013 fiscal rule reduced government expenditure.
World Bank: Global Governance Program
We created an index that compiled measures of freedom of speech, press, and assembly for countries around the world.
World Bank: Social Protection and Labor Global Practice
We developed a new taxonomy to use large language hierarchically categorize job skills based on a large dataset of online
job postings in Latin America.
United States Census Bureau
We helped the Census Bureau determine which income groups had the greatest changes in spending from pre- to post-COVID.
Fall 2023
D.C. Department of Human Services
We assisted the D.C. Department of Human Services by assessing the effects of housing interventions on homelessness.
United States Department of Energy
We assisted the U.S. DOE in predicting the development of hydrogen as a commodity.
MA Department of Economic Research
We assisted the MA DER by investigating the factors that have contributed to the decrease in labor force participation in the state.
United States Department of State
We assisted the U.S. DOS in predicting labor shifts and dynamics under pivotal policies enacted by the Biden Administration.
United States Census Bureau
We assisted the United States Census Bureau by studying emerging trends in the Cannabis industry across various geographies.
Spring 2023
US Department of Commerce
We assisted the Office of the Undersecretary of Economics Affairs in data analysis on the implementation of place-based policies.
UN Development Programme
We created empirically-driven case studies of the effects of financialization on development in African countries.
Office of the Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency
We assisted the Office of the Inspector General with research on green banks in order to enhance the OIG’s ability to oversee funds provided to the EPA under the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Brookings Institute
We assisted the Workforce of the Future initiative, which analyzes the effects of Amazon warehouses on job growth and mobility for regional workers.
Massachusetts Department of Housing
We assisted the Department of Housing on reimagining the system of housing vouchers for low-income housing.
Ownership Works
We developed a theoretical framework and created models for different schemes of employee equity ownership in private equity investments.
Fall 2022
US Department of Transportation
Our team worked on disaggregating the impacts of COVID-19 on airlines, airports, and other aspects of air travel.
Chelsea Public Schools
Our team worked on analyzing the effects of increased teacher diversity on student outcomes.
E3G
Our team worked on modifying IMF lending practices to take into account climate vulnerabilities in emerging markets.
Pilot Project
UN Development Programme
Our team examined the empirical effects of monetary and fiscal policy in Africa, with case studies in South Africa, Ghana, and Cote d’Ivoire.